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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Finsbury 1907
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1907 including annual report on factories and workshops
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The following Table compares the notifications of notifiable diseases and removals to hospital since the Borough was formed :—
| Year. | Number of Notifications Received. | Notifications per 1,000 of the Population. | Percentage of Cases Removed to Hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 1,10l | 10.8 | 85.5 |
| 1902 | 1,026 | 10.1 | 82.4 |
| 1903 | 566 | 5.5 | 78.8 |
| 1904 | 609 | 6.1 | 72.5 |
| 1905 | 745 | 7.5 | 81.8 |
| 1906 | 764 | 7.8 | 76.9 |
| 1907 | 735 | 7.6 | 83.4 |
In the above Table " Notifications" for Chicken-Pox are excluded (203 in 1907.)
Table III. (see end of report) sets out a number of further
particulars respecting these notifications, from which it will be
seen (a) that 571 out of 735 infectious cases occurred in children
under 15 years of age. that is to say, broadly, of school age; (b)
that although the population of North Clerkenwell and St. Luke
are approximately the same, fewer cases of infectious disease
(19 in fact) occurred in the Clerkenwell division; and (c)
that out of 735 patients 613 (or 83.4 per cent.) were removed to
hospital. Respecting the second conclusion, it will fee observed
that the excess in the St. Luke division was mostly due to scarlet
fever. The infectious diseases are usually highest in St. Luke
owing to the greater density of population.
The amounts paid in fees under the Public Health (London) Act to medical practitioners notifying since 1901 lias been as follows :—
| Year. | Amounts paid to Medical Practitioners. | Cost per 1,000 of Population. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 1901 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1902 (including Chicken Pox) | 175 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 8 |
| 1903 (including Chicken Pox) | 61 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 9 |
| 1904 (including Chicken Pox) | 80 | 7 | 6 | 0 | l6 | 2 |
| 1905 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 10 | |
| 1906 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 |
| 1907 | 68 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 3 |